"Somebody said Tubbs was up playing negro minstrel," added Tom, soberly.
"Yes, he was up. So you went to sleep about midnight? And when did you get up?"
"At the first call," answered Sam.
"And your coats were as you had left them?"
"Mine was," came from Sam and Dick.
"I don't remember exactly how I did leave mine," said Tom. "But I didn't notice anything unusual."
"Then, if the real thief visited our camp he must have come in between midnight and six o'clock," went on the master of the school. "I must question those who were on guard duty about this."
"That's the idea!" cried Dick. "If the thief sneaked in somebody must have seen him."
"Unless a guard was asleep on his post," came from Tom. "As it was the last night out they may have been pretty lax in that direction."
Dinner had been ordered, and the three Rovers dined with the captain in his private dining room. Then the boys went up to their dormitory to pack their trunks.